Originally posted by steph:
Eric was Volunteer Coach at Nebraska, and I think that is what Pat was at OSU....
Your pay comes from club money & fundraising w/ no benefits....and the luxury of "asking" for your check every month, for 4 years....
THE DAILY O'COLLEGIAN
Publication Date : May 2, 2006
OSU coach Smith resigns after arrest
From Wire Services
Four-time NCAA wrestling champion Pat Smith resigned Monday from his role as a
volunteer assistant at Oklahoma State after reports of his arrest on a felony drunken driving charge.
Smith, 35, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence.
Smith was pulled over early Friday morning by a Payne County deputy sheriff after the deputy saw Smith’s Toyota pickup truck leave a rural Stillwater road twice, according to an affidavit filed with the charge.
“There is great pain in having your brother leave your staff after 11 years,” Oklahoma State coach John Smith, Pat Smith’s older brother, said in a statement. “Pat has made a contribution to the legacy of this wrestling program. He regrets his personal decisions and is stepping down because he loves Oklahoma State University and the wrestling program.”
Pat Smith joined his brother’s coaching staff in 1994 after winning his fourth NCAA individual title early that year. He also won consecutive titles from 1990 to 1992. He is scheduled to be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame next month.
In 2001, he was arrested on an aggravated DUI. He pleaded no contest in 2002 and received a one-year suspended sentence and was ordered to perform 50 hours of community service and go through a counseling program.
Oklahoma State has won the last four NCAA wrestling titles.
